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Big Hollywood : The Hollywood Lock-Step: Why I Quit The Screen Actors Guild

Tue, 5 Oct 2010 22:59:45 +0000

I didn't join the WGA when I was eligible and I didn't join SAG after being Taft-Hartleyed, either. Crap, they'll probably never invited me to join the Academy, even though I know three of the governors, someone on the nominating committee, and I had a member offered to nominate me. I just think of all those free DVDs I won't get in Oscar season and I just sigh. :-) Thanks for being a voice, Gary!

Big Hollywood : Excerpt: 'Strike Group Reagan' -- Impact!

Thu, 9 Sep 2010 16:33:24 +0000

"Not cool" to excerpt or pitch a book? What socialist paradise utopian planet do you morons live on? Do you even read books, or just content yourself to blog snarkery?

Big Hollywood : Reasons to Be Optimistic About Upcoming Reagan Biopic

Thu, 9 Sep 2010 02:38:29 +0000

I've had so-called conservatives screw me in Hollywood as readily as liberals. Is Mel Gibson a conservative and therefore made Passions, or is he just a bit of a maniac who was obsessed with something and made a movie that happened to serve a MASSIVE worldwide audience? I'd vote the latter, as evidenced by his subsequent behavior. The fact is, people in Hollywood make movies they can, not necessarily movies they should. Adam Sandler can get something greenlit by snapping his fingers - that's based on his track record. Conservatives have been largely making documentaries for years now, at first in reaction to Michael Moore, who made documentaries very profitable. The problem with conservatives in this town is as much non-commercial material as anything else, although there are some people like Scott Rudin who will reportedly fire someone for being conservative. Funny thing is, I don't know a single conservative who would fire someone over being liberal. When conseratives can make movies like their conservative predecessors - Frank Capra, Elia Kazan, John Ford, Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, etc. - then Hollywood will be better off and so will America. For the time being, however, Hollywood will make probably half the money it could be making, because it does not truly serve its entire possible audience.

Big Hollywood : Elayne Boosler 'Unfriended' Me on Facebook for Being Conservative

Mon, 24 May 2010 14:00:50 +0000

Jeffrey, how little you know. Elayne was just exercising the super-powers she developed during her time in $cientology (not kidding about that) and she found you to be a "suppressive person" and had to cut you loose. Ask Tom Crui$e about that - you don't understand psychiatry, he does! I've never been able to take her seriously, anyway, because booze is a major component of her name.

Big Government : Oliver North Confirms Big Government Report ** Intelligence Sources in U.S.

Thu, 13 May 2010 23:39:17 +0000

Col. North, how can you expect the administration to know what's going on in Pakistan when they demonstrably don't have a clue what's going on even in the White House? Such expectations!

Big Hollywood : FOLK LIES: Joni Mitchell Outs Bob Dylan

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 03:33:05 +0000

Oh please. Ever heard Don Covay sing "Have Mercy"? That's Mick Jagger's voice only it came before Mick Jagger. I told Mance Lipscomb (Dylan wrote on the back of his first album it was a giant thrill meeting him) one time that he reminded me of Taj Mahal. Mance explained how he taught Taj everything. John Lennon's famous for the line "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." Except J. Krishnamurti is the one who dreamt it up. I met Joni at a party Paul McCartney gave in 1976. She was a surly pill. About 30 minutes later she had a screaming fight with Warren Beatty in front of everyone. As we were riding down to the parking lot in the back of a limo, Keith Moon and I laughed and then sadly shook our heads as we saw Joni in a long white dress walking down crying while everyone else was in the limos (down a long and winding road at the Harold Lloyd estate). So Dylan "borrowed" some stuff. It's a musician's tradition. Remember when George Harrison lost a suit over "Be My Baby"? I still like "My Sweet Lord" better. And I love a lot of Dylan. Joni - who Rolling Stone once named "Old Lady of the Year" for sleeping with all of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and I think also Jackson Browne in the same year - is just a jealous diva who is probably pissed that she's not on Dylan's level of influence any more. If she ever was. I mentioned all those names and experiences just to illustrate that I know what I'm talking about from real personal experience with a lot of legendary musicians. I'd love to meet Dylan.

Big Journalism : Farewell To the Legalized, Government-Supported Mafia Known as ACORN

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:45:25 +0000

GOD-BLESS-YOU, Hannah. You are a credit to the human race and a bright continuing spark in the fire of liberty.

Big Hollywood : Letters From Haiti: When Mountains Moved

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:25:53 +0000

Gary, if you check this, the "help out" link at the bottom isn't working. I'll check another link in the article. Wish I could be there with you; you're a great man.

Big Hollywood : Response To Tim Slagle's Response To 'Rap is Crap'

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:48:07 +0000

I look at it this way. Some people have no life except arguing on the Web, and other people (like Ben) have amazing accomplishments (in his case, at a very young age). And of course anyone reading the thread knows who he is, and who I am, but you, typical ignoramus screaming and grappling and crying for attention, post anonymously and cowardly behind your modem. Or is it Web TV? Yawn...

Big Hollywood : Response To Tim Slagle's Response To 'Rap is Crap'

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:42:21 +0000

That's very funny, jay. Nice of you to take time out of your busy day as a psychologist to examine Ben. I happen to know, however, that he currently has a deal with a Hollywood legend that is better than anything you'll achieve in your entire life. Have a nice day.

Big Hollywood : Open Happy Birthday Thread: Jimmy Page

Sat, 9 Jan 2010 19:01:59 +0000

Pretty funny. Kudos to a heroin addict who bought Aleister "The Beast" Crowley's house and wrote "Stairway to Heaven" about the souls supposedly trapped in the big tree out back, here on a Hollywood conservative site.

Big Government : Barack Obama and the Exhausted Presidency

Fri, 1 Jan 2010 01:39:51 +0000

I've maintained for a long time that he would not finish his first term and would walk away for some strange reason. Perhaps he'll come up with a "medical" reason; it's obvious even to Hollywood liberals I know that not only is he broadly incompetent, he's nasty about it, too. Nice piece.

Big Hollywood : The Sins of Charlie Sheen: Why Does Hollywood Keep Hiring Him?

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:01:03 +0000

That's a good point. Michael Jordan has chased as much skirt as Charlie. I mean, lifted as much skirt. They're both skanky.

Big Hollywood : The Sins of Charlie Sheen: Why Does Hollywood Keep Hiring Him?

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:59:03 +0000

That's very funny. Sean Penn has a concealed carry permit for a gun. He's a buddy of Charlie, been on the show I think more than once.

Big Hollywood : The Sins of Charlie Sheen: Why Does Hollywood Keep Hiring Him?

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:57:50 +0000

The Tiger thing is much different because he went to great pains and spent a lot of money - trained by his daddy - to cover up his real character. Charlie's never really given a damn, which isn't laudable but he's always been more honest.

Big Hollywood : The Sins of Charlie Sheen: Why Does Hollywood Keep Hiring Him?

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:56:22 +0000

I'm writing my own stuff, Cranky. Check me on Facebook some time. Had three books come out this year. I don't fault Martin too much except for his lack of criticial thinking skills as in being too lenient. He would make his kids go work the homeless lines feeding people lunches at downtown shelters. He and those kids and Janet were homeless once in New York City, can you imagine? There's a lot I like about all of them, but Charlie has now gone out to lunch and puked in the kitchen. Too bad, that's what Democrat true believing gets you.

Big Hollywood : The Sins of Charlie Sheen: Why Does Hollywood Keep Hiring Him?

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:37:56 +0000

For a long time, I was the only person out there with a book about the Sheens. There was a lot I couldn't put in that book for a young audience. At one point, both Charlie and Emilio had the mothers of their children living at Martin and Janet's house with the kids while Charlie and Emilio played the town. When Court (now Tru) TV did a special on Charlie they interviewed me and asked about the Heidi Fleiss business. I said, well, at least Charlie owned up to spending $35,000 - I don't think any of the other stars or Hollywood execs in town did. What you have to understand about Charlie (and this excuses nothing) is that he is at heart a JOCK. He is a failed baseball player - that's what he really wanted to do and it crushed him he wasn't good enough. He thinks like an ath-a-lete and behaves the same way. Watch how he walks some time - it's a baseball strut. He thinks as long as he plays the good-at-heart bad boy and entertains people, he can kind of get away with anything. I don't think it will work this time. He's kind of at the "we're sick of this" mode in the public mind. Which is too bad for Chuck Lorre and Jon Cryer (a conservative) and the others - they really do have the most entertaining show on television. Might be time to hand up the cleats, Charles.

Big Hollywood : I Try To Make a Good Christian Film

Wed, 9 Dec 2009 19:40:57 +0000

One of the best Christian films I ever saw was "Angels with Dirty Faces" with Pat O'Brien and Jimmy Cagney. Under the rules you outlined, I wonder if it could be seen as acceptable if made today. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029870/plotsummary Jesus didn't back away from the realities of life - why should Christians?

Big Hollywood : VIDEO: Howard Zinn Blames America For 9/11 on Iranian TV

Wed, 9 Dec 2009 19:30:22 +0000

Casey Affleck, Benjamin Bratt, Josh Brolin, Jackson Browne, Reg E. Cathey, Exene Cervenka and John Doe, Kathleen Chalfant, Don Cheadle, Staceyann Chin, Rosario Dawson, Michael Ealy, Martin Espada, Lupe Fiasco, Danny Glover, Jasmine Guy, Q'Orianka Kilcher, Christina Kirk, John Legend, Taj Mahal, Darryl McDaniels, Viggo Mortensen, Randy Newman, Sandra Oh, Michael O'Malley, Sean Penn, Pink, Chris and Rich Robinson, David Strathairn, Marisa Tomei, Eddie Vedder, Kerry Washington, Harris Yulin - can kiss my patronage goodbye, forever. Spread the word - don't pay for or see or listen to anything involved with them. And for the record to those dorks, Mark Twain was a Republican.

Big Hollywood : Does Oprah Want to Be Vice President?

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:43:14 +0000

How do you know "The One" will finish his term? At this point, it's highly unlikely he'll make it. How do you know Oprah isn't setting herself up to run against Sarah Palin? She that vainglorious.